New Art Books

FACES FIGURES FANTASIES The Art of Thomas Haller Buchanan SignedSigned! Introduction by W. Michael Kaluta! Highly Recommended. This new work deserves your attention. Don't just take my word for it, here's Michael Kaluta from his introduction: "If one's first encounter were put into words, perhaps we'd quote...Doctor Who, in his much more often surprised and, generally, delighted response to something new, 'Oh! Aren't you a beauty.' There is a magic effect to THB's portraiture...THB applies his knowledge, his insights, and his ability to present worlds unseen to everything he creates." PAJ, 2015...More.

ART OF RICHARD LUONG SignedRecommended. By Richard Luong. I am extremely fortunate to have had the opportunity to work on Cthulhu Wars. Before the project, I had worked in games as an illustrator and concept artist. My art didn't garner much attention. Cthulhu Wars launched and was a huge success. All of a sudden people took notice of my work and for the first time ever, I had fans. Krakenprint, 2016...More.

We offered Richard's Cthulhu statue last week and, hello, it immediately sold out. Since he has a small stock and sells them well at the shows he does, we can't get any more right now. We'll encourage him to do a reissue. In the meantime, here's his very nice book of Cthulhu paintings.

DESCANTS & CADENCES The Art of Stephanie Law SignedSigned! Recommended. A new artist to us but one with superlative fantasy work and fine, fine technical skills. From fairies and beautiful fantasy women, to--really--the most amazing illustrations of insects such as bees and dragonflies we have seen. We can only compare this side of her work to the great E.J. Detmold, who could actually romanticize insects with his high level of skill at water color and capturing the exact moment of dynamics. Law does this also, along with excellent design and creativity. Shadowscapes, 2016...More.

Item Code: DESCS
Soft Cover, 10x11, 132pg, Full Color
$35.00

BELLADONNA OF SADNESS Edited by J.C. Gabel and Jessica Hundley. A legendary cult classic, never before officially released in the United States. Complete with the film on DVD and an impressive full color book with full page art, commentary and interviews.forgotten masterpiece of Japanese anime. Loosely inspired by La Sorcière, Jules Michelet’s 1862 history of witchcraft and the occult, this tells the story of a young woman who makes a pact with the devil to exact revenge after being raped and driven from her home. This brief synopsis, however, does no justice to the visual spectacle of the film, which proceeds as a series of still images flashing onscreen. Hat & Beard Press/Cinelicious Pics, 2016. Mature Readers...More.

Graphic & Prose Novels

TARZAN ON THE PRECIPICELimited first printing. By Michael A. Sanford. Art by Will Meugniot. An all-new Tarzan novel published by the fabled Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc! With Tarzan alone in Wisconsin after nobly allowing Jane to leave with his cousin – who believes he is the rightful heir to the Greystoke estate – Tarzan is despondent and seeks the wilderness to console himself. And there is a vast wilderness just north of him in Canada. Intending to be alone, Tarzan is soon anything but... He discovers a lost Viking civilization and he must run a gauntlet of heavily armed Norsemen with axes, swords and hammers. ERB, 2016...More.

Item Code: TARPR
Soft Cover, 6x9, 216pg, Text/b&w
$24.95

TARZAN ON THE PRECIPICE Hardcover
By Michael A. Sanford. Art by Will Meugniot. Tarzan's fight for survival is epic. Join the Lord of the Jungle as he ventures into Canada and encounters untold dangers with deadly consequences that cast doubt on whether Tarzan can ever return to Africa. ERB, 2016...More.

Item Code: TARPRH
Hard Cover, 6x9, 216pg, Text/b&w
$34.95

ALSO AVAILABLE TARZAN RETURN TO PAL-UL-DON Hardcover SignedBookplate signed by 3 contributors! Our Highest Recommendation. By Will Murray. Cover art by Joe DeVito. In this hardcover edition (not in the softcover) is: a 29-page sequel story, Tarzan and the Secret of Katanga, by Gary Buckingham; a 12-page afterword by Will Murray with extra Joe Devito artwork; and a wrap-around jacket that completes the panoramic Devito cover. The trade edition shows only the front half. Altus, 2015...More.

Item Code: TARRPH
Hard Cover, 6x9, 419pg, Text/b&w
$65.00

This is also available in a trade paperback edition without the extras, for $24.95 [TARRP]. I can't recommend this enough, it's a fabulous read, like a new novel by ERB himself, set in Africa during the latter days of World War II.
See our website for lots more of Tarzan and his creators.

ALSO AVAILABLETARZAN AND THE MARTIAN LEGIONIn Quest of Zonthron. Our Highest Recommendation. By Jake Saunders. Art by Tom Grindberg, Michael C. Hoffman and Craig Mullins. As befits the ambitious scope of the story, the artistic presentation is unparalleled. One-hundred-thirty new illustrations were commissioned for this opus, with contributions by Thomas Grindberg, Michael C. Hoffman, and Craig Mullins, on archival, acid-free paper, bound in leather (banth and thoat) in one giant volume. Russ Cochran, 2014...More.

Based on the artwork, the concept, and trusted reviewers, I've been an enthusiastic fan of this book. I'm happy to say I finally have gotten time to sit down and begin READING it, and so far it's extremely well done and I'm very impressed. I'm savoring it, a little each evening. Not to be missed, this is a primo ERB collectible and an exciting novel that no ERB fan should miss.

MARIE ANTOINETTE PHANTOM QUEENRecommended. By Rodolphe and Annie Goetzinger. An unusual French graphic novel newly translated to English. Versailles, 1934. Maud, a newly widowed painter, discovers, in the royal gardens of the Trianon that a woman from the beyond is attempting to communicate with her. The revelation is beyond belief: it is the ghost of Marie Antoinette, executed with King Louis in the 18th century, Her ghost in not at rest, with a terrible secret that has kept her in limbo for two centuries. NBM, 2016...More.

IRON EMPIRES Faith Conquers SignedSigned! By Christopher Moeller. Faith Conquers is the critically acclaimed science fiction epic brought to life by master painter and storyteller Christopher Moeller (JLA: A League of One, Lucifer). This volume collects the four part series originally titled Shadow Empires, published in 1994, and features the three-part story "The Passage," originally published in Dark Horse Presents, now in hardcover format for the first time! Created, written, and painted by Christopher Moeller, this book, along with its sequel, Sheva's War, is the inspiration for the Burning Empires RPG. Forged Lord Comics, 2016...More.

IRON EMPIRES Sheva's War SignedSigned! By Christopher Moeller. Follow a beautiful, but hardened, soldier on her campaign to repel an alien menace, as she faces a bitter struggle against insuperable odds. Baroness Ahmi Sheva tires of the provincial politics of her backwater planet. But now a horde of Vaylen monsters threaten to overwhelm her world's defenses. Second installment in the Iron Empires series, but a stand-alone story. This hardcover graphic novel, along with Faith Conquers, is the inspiration for the Burning Empires RPG.The Iron Empires. Forged Lord Comics, 2016...More.

IRON EMPIRES Void SignedSigned! By Christopher Moeller. Void is the third fully painted graphic novel set in the gothic science fiction setting of the Iron Empires. These stories take us into a precarious future, where prideful, quarreling human empires stand on the edge of extinction. Void is set in the Comoran Worlds, where starship captain Vasa Sunder faces dangers posed by his leaders, his military opponents, and his own pride. Like the originals, it is a stand-alone, complete story. Bonus sketches and studies of the characters, creatures and ships from the story. Forged Lord Comics, 2015...More.

We came back from San Diego with copies of all three editions of this, but the Deluxe and softcovers all went out to our advance orders. We do have this hardcover edition in stock, which we had not previously offered. The Deluxe Edition and the softcover editions should be in stock now any day. Watch the website or just order now and we'll send it out immediately upon receipt.
The same situation applies to the Sensuous Frazetta editions, except we're out of all advance copies until they show up in the same shipment as the Wood books. The hardcovers specially signed by Holly Frazetta are SOLD OUT.

BATTLE CLASSICS Volume 2Fighting Man and War Dog, 1979-81. Recommended. By Cam Kennedy. Art by Alan Hebden and Mike Western. All-out battle action from the pages of the greatest British war comic ever published! Boasts two action-packed war stories, both written by Alan Hebden and drawn by Cam Kennedy. "Fighting Mann" is set during the Vietnam War, and follows the exploits of retired US Marine Colonel Walter Mann on his rogue mission in search of his Navy pilot son, whose plane disappeared during a bombing raid over the Vietnamese jungle. The many planes and jets here are superbly rendered--every three-page episode is dynamic and action-packed. Titan, 2016...More.

Item Code: BACL02H
Hard Cover, 9x12, 240pg, b&w
$39.99 $34.99

I'm quite impressed with this. Took it home and had a hard time putting it down and not reading the entire "Fighting Mann" story in one sitting, it's a real page-turner. Clearly written by someone who knows combat--real combat--and the men involved. I love the use of helicopters, gunboats, and those amazing American jet fighters. It's the quest of a retired Marine Colonel for his son, lost in Vietnam and victim of a conspiracy of silence because of a much larger issue at hand. Even Russia comes in as a player and on our colonel's side, no less. Beautifully drawn.

ALSO AVAILABLEBATTLE CLASSICS
By Garth Ennis, with John Wagner, Cam Kennedy et al. New York Times best-selling writer Garth Ennis, writer of The Boys, Preacher and Battlefields, selects his favourite stories from the seminal 1970s British boys' comic Battle. Here for the very first time is the complete weekly HMS Nightshade, and the never-before-reprinted study of the Nazi enemy, The General Dies At Dawn, plus several independent stories. With insights and introductions by Ennis himself. Titan, 2013...More.

Item Code: BACLH
Hard Cover, 9x12, 255pg, b&w
$29.95 $24.95

More from Britain: Modesty Blaise, Gerry Anderson, Thunderjets, and click here for all things British.

See the American Comic Book Chronicles for excellent histories of comics from 1950 into the 1980s, all from TwoMorrows. I try and stock all good, fresh books on comics history, and you can see our entire selection: see our home page, click on COMICS RELATED, then click on REFERENCE.

Statues & Miscellaneous

DEAN YEAGLE'S MANDY SITTING PRETTY Leopard Statuejust 60 in this style. Highly Recommended. Sculpted by Chuck Williams. Very large, very impressive, and beautifully done. Based on the fan favorite pin-up girl Mandy, created by Playboy cartoonist Dean Yeagle. This is Electric Tiki's third Mandy statue and also the largest at 1/4 scale (the others are all sold out). Comes in two pillow variations--this one with a leopard pattern. In a huge custom designed box and hand numbered from just 60 in this style. Designed to sit with legs extended, on a stack of books or shelf edge or....you provide the seat. Electric Tiki Design, 2016...More.

Item Code: SITPL
11.5" tall, Full Color
$299.99

DEAN YEAGLE'S MANDY SITTING PRETTY Zebra Statue60 of this design. Highly Recommended. Sculpted by Chuck Williams. Very large, very impressive, and beautifully done. Based on the fan favorite pin-up girl Mandy, created by Playboy cartoonist Dean Yeagle. This is Electric Tiki's third Mandy statue and also the largest at 1/4 scale (the others are all sold out). Comes in two pillow variations--this one with a zebra pattern. In a huge custom designed box and hand numbered from just 60 in this style. Designed to sit with legs extended, on a stack of books or shelf edge or....you provide the seat. Electric Tiki Design, 2016...More.

Item Code: SITPZ
11.5" tall, Full Color
$299.99

ALSO AVAILABLEMANDY GO ROUND SignedSigned! Our Highest Recommendation. By Dean Yeagle. Mandy herself narrates the story of Dean Yeagle's commission to paint Mandy riding twelve carousel animals! From first pencil sketch to the finished works, here's a tongue-in-cheek story as she introduces herself, disrobes, poses in various positions, is introduced to a variety of potential animals who could be carousel themes...leave it to Dean to create a wonderful storyline, while exposing the lovely Mandy as the beautiful, voluptuous innocent that she is. The finished carousel scenes are in full glorious color. Abundant nudity. 2016. Mature Readers...More.

Item Code: MANGRS
Soft Cover, 8x11, 48pg, Partial Color
$20.00

As usual, this new Mandy collection is the bestselling "convention sketchbook" we brought back from San Diego. See all the Mandy collections, and the seven Scribblings collections on our website. Most are signed.

ALSO AVAILABLEDEAN YEAGLE'S SKOOTS OrnamentCloseout Price!Recommended. By Dean Yeagle and Clayburn Moore. Celebrate the holidays or just liven up your shelves with Mandy's mischievous dog Skoots, sculpted by Clayburn Moore for award-winning animator Dean Yeagle! Skoots is the sexy Mandy's favorite little critter, and here we have a perfect G-rated design of him. 3-1/2 inches tall, ships ready for hanging, and comes in window box packaging that is perfect for dust-free display. CS Moore, 2015...More.

Item Code: DYSO
4" tall, Full Color
$19.95 $13.95

CANDY TANGERINE MAN DVD/BLU-RAY COMBOOriginally released 1974-75. Directed by Matt Cimber. American action-adventure blaxploitation starring John Daniels, Eli Haines and Tom Hankason. The story of the powerful "Black Baron", both a pimp and a doting father--a successful Los Angeles-based businessperson and loving husband, Ron Lewis (John Daniels) turns into a completely different self at night – his alter ego, the "Black Baron", a prominent, powerful and feared pimp; but after killing two racist police officers in his pursuit, the Baron realises that his pimping days are numbered. Vinegar Syndrome, 2016...More.

Olivia

THE ART OF OLIVIA Including Bettie Page 2017 Calendar16 Months. Highly Recommended. Olivia really pulls out all the stops to make her calendar one of the most impressive each year. Every image is at least 2/3's of the opened size, but also there's a second image that appears under the calendar dates, screened but adding 12 more images to the mix. Here we have the best of her previous two titles, with Bettie images on four months and other exotic ladies on the other eight--plus a double-sized image on the Sept-Dec 2016 centerspread. Very, very nice. No full nudity (no nipple or nether parts) but everything else! Aquarius, 2016. Mature Viewers...More.

Item Code: OLI17
12x12, 24pg, Full Color
$14.99

ALSO AVAILABLEOLIVIA ROLLING PAPERS 5 Pack with CardYou must be over 21 to order these. Although we've never before handled rolling papers, we jumped on these. A set of five different packs, each about 3-1/2x1-1/4 inches. Brilliant colors, two with Bettie Page, some nudity. Use 'em, give 'em to friends or keep them as collectibles; it's a gorgeous little set. With an extra 2-1/2x3-1/2 Olivia card. Handsomely packed in a sealed plastic bag to display both sides of all five. Ozone, 2015...More.

Item Code: OLIVR
3x5, Full Color
$20.00

ALSO AVAILABLEOLIVIA'S LUCKY LADIES II Playing CardsHighly Recommended. By Olivia De Berardinis. Here are 25 entirely new images not seen in the long-sold-out first set. A great way to enjoy the sexy pin-up art of Olivia and your favorite vintage vixen, Bettie Page. This poker deck features 53 different images, one for each card including the jokers. Great selection of paintings, from wicked bondage queen in leather and whips to sexy bedroom princess in black stockings and pink feather boa. So much Bettie! Ozone....More.

Item Code: OLIL
3x4, 54 cards, Full Color
$9.95

A new collaborative book with Olivia and creature creator Jordu Schell will be here in December. It will be available as a softcover for $25 and deluxe signed for $60. More information to follow.

Coming in October

BLACK DOG The Dreams of Paul Nash
By Dave McKean. Best known for his collaborations with Neil Gaiman, McKean defied expectations with his stunning debut as writer and artist in Cages, winner of multiple awards for Best Graphic Album. Dark Horse proudly presents a new original graphic novel by the legendary artist based on the life of Paul Nash, a surrealist painter during World War 1. The Dreams of Paul Nash deals with real soldier’s memoirs, and all the stories will add up to be a moving piece about how war and extreme situations change us, how we deal with that pain, and, in Nash’s case, by turning his landscapes into powerful and fantastical psycho-scapes. Dark Horse, 2016. Due Oct....More.

Item Code: BDOG
Soft Cover, 9x12, 120pg, Full Color
$24.99 $21.99

BLACK DOG The Dreams of Paul Nash DeluxeLarge format. By Dave McKean. Best known for his collaborations with Neil Gaiman, McKean defied expectations with his stunning debut as writer and artist in Cages, winner of multiple awards for Best Graphic Album. Dark Horse proudly presents a new original graphic novel by the legendary artist based on the life of Paul Nash, a surrealist painter during World War 1. The Dreams of Paul Nash deals with real soldier’s memoirs, and all the stories will add up to be a moving piece about how war and extreme situations change us, how we deal with that pain, and, in Nash’s case, by turning his landscapes into powerful and fantastical psycho-scapes. Dark Horse, 2016. Due Oct....More.

Item Code: BDOGD
Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 12x16, 120pg, Full Color

Mature Readers

Three new DVDs this week, all new remastered editiions of cult films, plus an x-rated comics look. We have Evils of the Night, Lust in Space, and Sex in the Comics -- a live pseudo-documentary on the 1930’s Tijuana Bibles, replayed with actors. Augh!

And we have a new Cavewoman nude cover variant, Freakin’ Yetis. See our website for lots more Cavewoman, including several we just recently put on sale to clear out some room here.

News
and Notes

Michael Kaluta Sketchbook Series
The special bookplate for this finally came in from Michael and we’ve sent it out separately to all who bought copies so far. Here’s what it looks like, it’s very nice with cool artwork and it’s limited as well as signed.

Econo-Fold covers
While the Bro-Dart jacket covers remain a bestselling category for us, the Econo-Fold variations have languished. These have no paper backing, and are designed for non-jacketed books (or you can also use them for jackets just as well). So we have dropped the prices on these and will be selling them out when present supplies are gone.

"Almost Gone”
When you see this with an item on our website, it means it is in short supply and will soon be sold out. Either it has gone out of print or we have dropped it. This indicates your last chance to get a copy from us, often at a discounted price. You can actually use this search term to find low-stock items if you want to troll for those nearly-gone goodies. Using our ADVANCED SEARCH, scroll down to SUBTITLE AND MORE and put in ALMOST GONE as the search term.

Deiter Lumpen has sold out from our distributor, but by going direct to IDW, the publisher, we were able to get a few more copies. Check it out, it’s an interesting collection of European adventure.

Canadian Whites or WECA Books
The 3rd and latest collection of original Canadian Golden Age material, Brok Windsor, was never offered by Diamond Comics so very few copies, if any, will be found in comic stores in the U.S. This was a successful Kickstarter program and it remains our favorite of the three Candian collections, even though Nelvana is probably the more historically important, since she pre-dates Wonder Woman as the first comics solo heroine. The third title is Johnny Canuck. We still have copies of all three books, signed by the compilers. Coming next: Mr. Monster, with a special introduction and signed bookplate by none other than Michael Gilbert. Stay tuned.

Omar Rayyan’s Goblin Market
This is going to be good. We’re working on which editions we’ll be able to stock from their soon-to-close Kickstarter program. We’ve been big fans of Rayyan dating back to a nifty little bookplate he did for us years ago. His limited edition of Terry Pratchett’s Mort, at $195, sold out in 13 hours and became the Folio Society’s fastest sell-out ever. Their books are not available wholesale which is why we cannot stock them. But that’s just a hint of the fine work to be seen from Rayyan and of course, the popularity of Pratchett. I have to say, it’s the first Pratchett I’ve read and it’s a good read. The trade edition is still available in the $60 range direct from the Society.

The Science Fiction and Fantasy Art of Patrick Jones
I’ve strongly promoted his two art books (he is a teacher as well as a fine artist) and finally we will be offering a full-blown collection of his best work. And complete with a color bookplate that we’ll be producing with him. Stay tuned, coming this Fall.

Faces, Figures, Fantasies by Thomas Haller Buchanan
As I mention in my description of Thomas’s fine book, above, we just met recently. Here’s some more about him, with a wonderful portrait of our mutual friend Kinuko Y. Craft. He writes:

"You had asked me for a bio, so I'm attaching one of my promo bios along with an interview that gives other information. Also you can see my current portfolio and some info at www.THBillustration.com.
Since Kinuko Craft is special to you too, I'm also attaching a cover portrait of her that I created with Kinuko and Mahlon's blessings. I bought her early book from you several years ago with an autographed card, so this is a nice circle."

~Bud

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